Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Job Overview

Snap Inc. is seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team in Seattle, WA. This role is pivotal in designing, implementing, and operating our most critical and scalable services. You will work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver solutions needed to build innovative products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Implement Services: Develop and operate critical backend services, including user identity services, friend graph, and core persistence layers.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with various teams to understand product requirements and deliver solutions that meet these needs.
• Quality Assurance: Evaluate, test, and debug your work to ensure high quality and reliability.
• Best Practices Advocacy: Promote best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.
• Advertiser Solutions: Drive end-to-end solutions for advertisers, focusing on advertiser-facing experiences.

Required Skills and Experience

• Backend Services and Distributed Systems: Proven experience in operating highly-available systems at significant scale.
• Independent Execution: Ability to independently execute medium-sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete.
• Operational Understanding: Participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution.
• Collaboration: Strong ability to collaborate and work well with others.
• Technical Expertise: Experience in large-scale microservices, distributed systems, cloud computing, and storage systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: BS/BA degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 11+ years of software development experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming Languages: Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.
• Cloud Services: Experience with Google/AWS services.
• Advertising Platforms: Experience working on high-scale ad platforms and developing advertiser-facing products.

Workplace Policy

Snap Inc. practices a "default together" approach, expecting team members to work in the office 4+ days per week to foster dynamic collaboration and reinforce company culture.

Diversity and Inclusion

Snap Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Benefits

Snap Inc. offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Equity in the form of RSUs

Compensation

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $222,000 - $333,000 annually
• Zone B: $211,000 - $316,000 annually
• Zone C: $189,000 - $283,000 annually

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. The starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.